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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of New Jersey: Chief Judges
District of New Jersey
Number of chief judges: 18 Fake, Guy Leverne (1948-1951)
Forman, Phillip (1951-1959)
Smith, William Francis (1959-1961)
Madden, Thomas M. (1961-1968)
Augelli, Anthony Thomas (1968-1972)
Coolahan, James Aloysius (1972-1973)
Cohen, Mitchell Harry (1973-1974)
Whipple, Lawrence Aloysius (1974-1978)
Barlow, George Herbert (1978-1979)
Fisher, Clarkson Sherman (1979-1987)
Gerry, John Francis (1987-1994)
Thompson, Anne Elise (1994-2001)
Bissell, John Winslow (2001-2005)
Brown, Garrett E., Jr. (2005-2012)
Simandle, Jerome B. (2012-2017)
Linares, Jose L. (2017-2019)
Wolfson, Freda L. (2019-2023)
Bumb, Renée Marie (2023-present)